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Galliford Try HoldingsAnnouncement

02/06/2020 07:01

RNS Number : 5946O
  
Galliford Try Holdings PLC
  
02 June 2020
  
 

2 June 2020 
 
GALLIFORD TRY APPOINTED TO £42M UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE PROJECT 
 
Galliford Try, one of the UK's leading construction groups, announces that its Scottish business Morrison Construction has been appointed by the University of Strathclyde to design and build the National Manufacturing Institute Scotland (NMIS) in a contract worth approximately £42m.
The NMIS facility will be an 11,500 sqm centre of excellence for advanced manufacturing research and innovation, built on the new Advanced Manufacturing Innovation District Scotland adjacent to Glasgow Airport. 
The building will comprise three key components: a fully digital 'factory of the future'; a manufacturing skills academy; and a collaboration hub. It will help support manufacturing and engineering firms of all sizes and sectors. Work is expected to get underway in the summer.
In addition, Morrison Construction has renewed its position as a Tier 1 Contractor on the hub South West Scotland framework for the second time. The framework, worth £200m to five contractors over three years, will see the delivery of efficient and high-quality public sector facilities across the education, health and leisure sectors within the territory. 
Bill Hocking, Chief Executive of Galliford Try, commented: "As the contractor of choice in Scotland, we are delighted to have been selected again by the University of Strathclyde to deliver this important facility that will transform manufacturing as we know it in Scotland.
"hub South West Scotland has been a brilliant vehicle for developing innovative, sustainable and cost-effective solutions and it's fantastic news that we will be able to build on this with the renewal of our position on this important framework."
 
 
Enquiries:
Galliford Try
 



Bill Hocking, Chief Executive
Andrew Duxbury, Finance Director
Kevin Corbett, General Counsel & Company Secretary
 


01895 855001



 
Tulchan Communications
 



James Macey White
Giles Kernick
Amber Ahluwalia
 


0207 353 4200



 
 
Notes to Editors
Galliford Try is a trading name of Galliford Try Holdings plc, a leading UK construction group listed on the London Stock Exchange. Operating as Galliford Try and Morrison Construction, the group carries out building and infrastructure projects with clients in the public, private and regulated sectors across the UK.


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